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Cal Poly Humboldt Cal Poly Humboldt Main navigation News All News Alumni Stories Arts & Entertainment Athletics Campus News Donor Stories Research Sustainability Achievements Humboldt Magazine Search GO Services Menu Suggest a Story Subscribe Get the Word Out! For the Media Working with Media Image A New West Coast Offshore Wind Science Consortium Launches A new West Coast collaboration for offshore wind science was announced in Sacramento today. Latest News 3D Digital Herbarium Recognized for Innovation Cal Poly Humboldt’s interactive 3D Digital Herbarium won the American Library Association’s Best Emerging Technology Application Award. Cal Poly Humboldt’s Outstanding Students of 2023-24 These 2023-24 Outstanding Students Awards recognize the academics and co-curricular excellence and achievements of our students. Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees! Humboldt a 2024 Top Peace Corps Volunteer Producing University More than 758 Lumberjacks have served as Peace Corps Volunteers, ranking Cal Poly Humboldt No. 6 in the medium-sized enrollment category. New Faculty Awarded Grants The Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus and Retired Faculty & Staff Association (ERFSA) Executive Committee is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of ERFSA Small Grants. All News Alumni & Donor Stories Alum Inspires Change as Women’s Studies Professor at SDSU With the help of dedicated faculty, Jess Whatcott (‘04, Political Science, ‘11, Environment & Community) discovered their passion for education during their time at Cal Poly Humboldt. $500K Gift Brings Advanced Microscope to Cal Poly Humboldt, Revolutionizing STEM Research When Dr. Kathleen Welsh asked her father, Emeritus Professor of Zoology James F. Welsh, how else she could support Cal Poly Humboldt, he told her to consider the students’ hands-on learning Alum’s Journey to Environmental Stewardship Ariel DeLara (‘15, Rangeland Resource Science) now works as a district conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service, where he’s dedicated to environmental stewardship and conservation. Emeritus Professor Establishes Endowment Fund in Honor of Soil Science Mentor Steven E. Slusser Rangeland Resource and Wildland Soils Professor Emeritus Susan Edinger Marshall established the Steven E. Slusser Memorial Endowment with a $25,000 gift. Alumni Stories Donor Stories Campus Achievements Updates about the latest accomplishments—including latest research, publications, and awards—by students, faculty, and staff Faculty Gabi Kirk, Geography » Dr. Gabi Kirk has two new publications out on political ecology and agrarian issues in Palestine. The first is co-authored with Dr. Paul Kohlbry, "Situating the Transnational in Agrarian Palestine,"… Faculty Pamela Medina-van Berkum, Eric Schmöckel, Armin Bischoff, Natalia Carrasco-Farias, Jane A. Catford, Reinart Feldmann, Karin Groten, Hugh A. L. Henry, Anna Bucharova, Sabine Hänniger, Justin C. Luong, Julia Meis, Vincensius S. P. Oetama, Meelis Pärtel, Sally A. Power, Jesus Villellas, Erik Welk, Astrid Wingler, Beate Rothe, Jonathan Gershenzon, Michael Reichelt, Christiane Roscher, Sybille B. Unsicker, Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management » Justin Luong (FFRM) and colleagues recently published a paper in Functional Ecology on how plant geographic distribution influences chemical defenses in native and introduced Plantago… Student Kenia Gomez, Gabriel Abundis, Ernesto Chavez-Velasco, Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management » Kenia Gomez, Gabriel Abundis & (graduate student) Ernesto Chavez-Velasco received research grants from the California Native Grassland Association to examine pressing issues on various California… Faculty Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Tristan Gleason, Education » Drs. Rouhollah Aghasaleh and Tristan Gleason have been named the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) Editors and Presidents of the Foundation for Curriculum Theory for 2025-2030. JCT is… Faculty Alison Holmes, Politics » George Washington University in Washington DC has decided to make their course on Subnational Diplomacy a permanent feature of their Executive Education/Professional development offering. As part of… All Achievements Submit an Achievement Humboldt in the News Recognizing the expertise and achievements our faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Know of a story we should consider for HSU in the News? Email us at news@humboldt.edu . From tape measures to space lasers: Quantifying biomass of the world’s tallest forests » Understanding the role of forests requires accurate quantification of biomass, approximately half of which is carbon. Phys.org - Apr 2024 California student-run news organizations ramp up Spanish-language coverage » At Cal Poly Humboldt, what was once a Spanish-language insert into The Lumberjack, the campus newspaper, has become a main news source for the region. EdSource - Apr 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt aiming to repatriate over 23K Native American items in collections » Megan Watson is Cal Poly Humboldt’s new NAGPRA coordinator. She’s been hired to oversee the repatriation of Native American cultural items in the university’s collection. Jefferson Public Radio - Mar 2024 Elephant seals, once nearly extinct, are finding new places to call home » Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new breeding grounds along the California coast, turning long-empty beaches into a ruckus of roars, grunts, chirps and moans. The Mercury News - Feb 2024 Study provides rare glimpse of the ringtail, an important but poorly understood predator » Secretive species can pose special conservation challenges simply because they are so skilled at staying under the radar that researchers have uncovered comparatively little about their basic needs. One such species is the ringtail, a relative of the raccoon that has cultural significance to many Indigenous peoples in North America. A collaboration among scientists from Oregon State University, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, Penn State and Cal Poly Humboldt has shed new light on the cat-like animal known for its large eyes and fluffy, striped tail. Scientific Frontline - Feb 2024 More Humboldt in the News The Magazine of Cal Poly Humboldt When the Klamath Dams Come Down Cal Poly Humboldt researchers are studying the Klamath River as one of history’s largest dam removals begins Teach, Learn, Serve Students Spend Spring Break in the Philippines Magical Year for Lumberjacks Two Athletics programs. Two national championships Fall 2023 Suggest a Story Send our team your story ideas Subscribe Get news stories via rss Get the Word Out! 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